Edward alexander bolus



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B. A. BOLUS.

DEVICE FOR MENDING SIEVES.

No. 400,292. Patented Mar. 26.1889.

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EDlVARD ALEXANDER BOLUS, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OEONEHALF TOWVILLIAM L. VENATER, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR MENDING SIEVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,292, dated March26, 1889. Application filed April 19, 1888. Serial No. 271,189. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD ALEXANDER BOLUs, of the city of Hamilton,inthe county of vVentworth, in the Province of Ontario,

Dominion of Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Device forMending orn Sieves; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same.

IO The invention relates to a very handy and convenient device forpatching or mending Worn sieves, particularly molders sieves, by whichthey are capable of lasting much longer than would otherwise be the casewithout my device, which is also applicable to mending abrasures in allkinds of wire-netting.

The device consists of a square of wirenetting of any desired sizebordered With a frame of tin or sheet metal and placed over the worn-outpart of the sieve and a frame of wire or backing placed under it on theunder ci'osssection; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of the under loopedframe. 5 the rod for looking.

Fig. at represents The said under frame is A indicates the woodencircular frame of the sieve; B, the wire bottom; 0, the square of extrawire-netting; c, the border of the same, which may be of sheet metal ofany kind; D, the under wire open frame, which 0 is made to lie under thenet-frame O. a a are the raised bends or loops of said frame D, forinserting up through the bottom of the sieve by the side of the frame 0.E is the rod, which is made to pass under the said loops (1 and over theWire-netting frame O, thus securely lockin g the patch over the Wornoutparts of the sieve. Holes Worn in a sieve are thus easily repaired,causing one with my device attached to last double the ordinary lengthof time.

Having thus described my device and its advantages, What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v An article ofmanufacture-to Wit, a patch for mending holes in sieve fabrics,comprising a piece of wire-netting, a frame, D, therefor formed withprojecting loops a, and a rod or wire, F, for securing said frame andnetting in place, substantially as and for the pur- 6o pose specified.

Dated at Hamilton, Ontario, this 22d day of March, A. D. 1888.

EDlVARD ALEXANDER BOLUS.

In presence of WM. BRUCE, FRED BARTLE.

